JP2002346012A - Trainer support system, trainer support method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a trainer support device that supports a trainer who trains an exercise trainee via the Internet. A support system that supports an exercise trainer, comprising: a receiving unit that receives a training image representing a trainee's exercise; and from the received training image, a posture of the trainee to be indicated to the trainee. A pointing position specifying unit that specifies a pointing position image to be represented, and a display unit 120 that displays the specified pointing position image on the trainer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a trainer support system, a trainer support method, and a program. In particular, the present invention relates to a trainer support system, a trainer support method, and a program for supporting a trainer who gives advice to trainee training via the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an exercise trainee improves his / her exercise skills by receiving appropriate advice from a trainer.

[0003]

However, in many cases, there is no trainer near the trainee that the trainee needs, and in this case, the trainee cannot receive appropriate advice. In addition, the trainee may have a request from more trainers to select a trainer suitable for himself, but it has been difficult to satisfy this request for the reasons described above.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a trainer support system, a trainer support method, and a program that can solve the above-mentioned problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous embodiments of the present invention.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a support system for supporting an exercise trainer, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a training image representing a trainee's exercise; The training image includes a pointing position specifying unit that specifies a pointing position image indicating the pointing position of the trainee to be pointed out to the trainee, and a display unit that displays the specified pointing position image on the trainer.

[0006] The display unit may display, on the trainer, the pointing posture image and a comment field into which a comment for the pointing posture is to be input.

[0007] The pointing posture specifying unit may specify the pointing posture image of the trainee based on a position of a movable part of the trainee's body.

[0008] The training image may be a moving image. The pointing posture specifying unit may specify the pointing posture image of the trainee from the training image based on a movement vector of a movable part of the trainee's body.

[0009] A reference posture image database for storing a reference posture image representing a reference posture as a reference of the pointing posture may be further provided. The pointing posture specifying unit may specify an image similar to the reference posture image stored in the reference posture image database among the training images as the pointing posture image.

[0010] The reference position may be a starting position when starting a reference movement including a pointing position to be pointed out to the trainee.

[0011] The training unit may further include a detection unit that detects start and end of the exercise of the trainee represented in the training image among the training images received by the receiving unit. The pointing posture specifying unit may specify the pointing posture image from the retrieved images from the start to the end of the exercise.

[0012] The training unit may further include a detection unit that detects start and end of the exercise of the trainee represented in the training image among the training images received by the receiving unit. The display unit may display from the start to the end of the exercise on the trainer.

[0013] When the pointing posture specifying unit specifies the pointing posture image, the display unit may reproduce the training image after the start of the exercise and display it on the trainer.

[0014] When the pointing posture specifying unit specifies the pointing posture image, the display unit may perform slow reproduction of the training image after the start of the exercise and display the training image on the trainer.

[0015] The reference posture image database may store a plurality of the reference posture images representing different reference postures. The apparatus may further include a level table that associates each of the plurality of reference posture images with level information indicating the level of the trainee. The receiving unit may further receive the level information of the trainee, the pointing posture specifying unit, in the level table, among a plurality of the reference posture images, is associated with the received level information An image similar to the one reference posture image may be specified as the pointing posture image.

The reference posture image stored in the reference posture image database may be an image representing a posture of a skilled person.

[0017] A physical information table may be further provided that associates each of the reference posture images of a plurality of persons with physical information representing at least one of age, height, and weight. The receiving unit may further receive the physical information of the trainee, the pointing posture specifying unit, among the training images, in the physical information table, the reference information associated with the received physical information in the physical information table An image similar to the posture image may be specified as the indicated posture image.

[0018] The reference posture image database may store a plurality of reference posture images corresponding to the same reference posture. The pointing posture specifying unit may specify, as the pointing posture image, an image similar to one reference posture image among the plurality of reference posture images stored in the reference posture image database among the training images. .

[0019] The information processing apparatus may further include an objective table for associating the reference posture image with purpose information indicating a training purpose of the trainee who should point out the reference posture indicated in the reference posture image. The receiving unit may further receive the target information of the trainee, and the pointing posture specifying unit may include, in the target table, of the training posture, the reference posture associated with the received target information in the target table. An image similar to the image may be specified as the pointing posture image.

[0020] The reference posture image database may further store a reference movement image representing a reference movement including a pointing posture to be pointed out to the trainee. A detecting unit that detects the start and end of the exercise represented in the training image received by the receiving unit, and the start and end timings of the detected exercise and the reference stored in the reference posture image database Based on the timing of each of the start and end of the reference motion represented in the motion image,
Changing the playback speed of at least one of the reference exercise image and the training image, and starting the exercise represented in each of the reference exercise image and the training image, the reference exercise image and the training image are simultaneously sent to the trainee. The image processing apparatus may further include an advice image creating unit that creates an advice image to be displayed.

[0021] A trainee database for storing at least the motion image including the indicated posture as a past motion image among the training images received by the receiving unit in association with trainee identification information for identifying the trainee, A detection unit that detects the start and end of the exercise represented in the received training image, and the start and end timings of the detected exercise and the past exercise image stored in the trainee database. The reproduction speed of at least one of the past exercise image and the training image is changed based on the timing of the start and end of the exercise, and the past exercise is represented by the start of the exercise represented by the past exercise image and the training image, respectively. Image and the training image simultaneously Advice image creation unit that creates an advice image to be displayed on the knee and may further include a.

The reference posture image database may further store a reference movement image representing a reference movement including a pointing posture to be pointed out to the trainee. The pointing image specifying unit, at the timing at which the exercise represented in the training image received by the receiving unit and the reference exercise represented in the reference exercise image stored in the reference posture image database start to differ. The pointing posture image may be specified based on the pointing posture image.

[0023] A comment database for storing a plurality of comments on the reference posture may be further provided in association with each of the plurality of reference posture images. When the pointing posture specifying unit specifies the pointing posture image, the display unit may display a plurality of the comments stored in the comment database in association with the pointing posture image. When one of the displayed plurality of comments is selected, an advice image creating unit that creates an advice image to be displayed on the trainee by associating the selected comment with the indicated posture image may be further provided. Good.

[0024] The information processing apparatus may further include a comment database for storing comments on the reference posture in association with the reference posture image, and a comment input unit for inputting trainer comments from the trainer. When the comment input unit inputs the trainer comment, the pointing posture specifying unit converts the image similar to the reference posture image stored in the comment database in association with the same comment as the trainer comment, into the pointing posture. It may be specified as an image.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a support method for supporting an exercise trainer, the method comprising: receiving a training image representing a trainee's exercise; and instructing the trainee from the received training image. The present invention includes a pointing position specifying step of specifying a pointing position image indicating the pointing position of the trainee to be performed, and a displaying step of displaying the specified pointing position image on the trainer.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program for supporting an exercise trainer, comprising: a receiving module for receiving a training image representing the exercise of a trainee; A pointing position specifying module that specifies a pointing position image indicating the pointing position of the trainee to be pointed out, and a display module that displays the specified pointing position image on the trainer.

Note that the above summary of the present invention does not list all of the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these features may also constitute the present invention.

[0028]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the present invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention and have the features described in the embodiments. Not all combinations are essential to the solution of the invention.

The "player table" described in the detailed description is a "object table", "level table", and "physical information table" described in the claims.
This is an example. That is, the "player table"
It includes a “purpose table”, a “level table”, and a “physical information table”. The “player image database” and the “input unit” described in the detailed description are examples of the “reference posture image database” and the “comment input unit” described in the claims, respectively.

FIG. 1 shows a trainer support system including a trainer support device 100 for supporting an exercise trainer. For example, if a baseball trainee wants to teach a batting form, he shoots his batting form. The trainee transmits moving image data indicating the batting form, that is, a training image representing the exercise of the trainee, to the trainer support device 100 via the Internet 10.

The trainer support apparatus 100 receives the training image, and detects a posture to be instructed to the trainee, ie, a posture to be pointed out, from the training image. As a specific example of the pointing posture, in the case of the batting form, the impact of the bat and the ball and the posture before and after the impact are given. The trainer support device 100 creates a pointing posture image indicating the detected pointing posture and an advice image in which a comment to be provided for the pointing posture is embedded. The trainer support device 100 provides an advice image to the trainee via the Internet 10.

As described above, the trainer support device 10
By using 0, it is possible to provide the trainee with advice on training via the Internet 10. Therefore, even when there is no instructor nearby, the trainee can send a training image representing his / her play to the trainer support device 100 and receive guidance by the advice image returned in response to the training image. The trainer support device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the trainer support device 100. Trainer support device 1
The series of operations of 00 are mainly realized by the cooperation of the CPU and programs stored in the ROM and the RAM. However, the trainer support device 100 may be realized by other components, and the degree of design freedom is high. The trainer support device 100 includes a receiving unit 102, a player determining unit 104, a detecting unit 106, a pointed posture image specifying unit 108, an advice image creating unit 112,
Display section 120, input section 122, player table 130, player image database 132, trainee database 134, comment database 1
36.

The receiving unit 102 receives a training image, which is a moving image representing the trainee's exercise, from the terminal device 20 via the Internet 10. The receiving unit 102 further receives trainee information on trainees from the terminal device 20 via the Internet 10. Trainee information is the gender, age, height, and physical information representing at least one of the weight of the trainee, purpose information indicating the purpose of the trainee training, and level information indicating the level of the trainee training exercise. including.

The player table 130 stores a reference motion image, which is a moving image representing a plurality of sample player motions, and a reference posture image, which is a still image representing a posture corresponding to the indicated posture image, in the reference motion image. Store. A sample player is an expert in the sport, such as a professional baseball player. The player table 130 associates the reference exercise image and the reference posture image with the trainee information.

The player determining unit 104 includes a receiving unit 102
And the player table 130 is used to determine a suitable player for the trainee based on the trainee information.

The detecting unit 106 receives the training image from the receiving unit 102, and detects an exercise start frame indicating the start of the trainee exercise and an exercise end frame indicating the end of the exercise included in the training image.

The pointing posture image specifying unit 108 extracts the reference posture image determined by the player determining unit 104 from the player image database 132. The pointing posture image specifying unit 108 searches the training image for a frame similar to the reference posture image from the movement start frame to the movement end frame detected by the detection unit 106, and refers to the searched frame to the pointing posture image. To be specified. At this time, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 specifies the trainee pointing image from the training image based on the movement vector of the trainee's body in the movable part, as described below.

For example, when the training image is an image of the trainee's batting form, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 determines the movement vector of the player's arm shown in the reference posture image and the trainee's arm shown in the training image. , A frame representing a posture similar to the reference posture image is detected from the training image, and the detected frame is specified as the pointing posture image.

That is, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108
The movement vector of the player's arm and the movement vector of the trainer's arm are compared, a frame representing a posture closest to the movement vector of the player's arm is detected from the training image, and the detected frame is specified as a pointing posture image. Here, the movement vector of the arm is one or both of a speed vector of the movement of the arm and an acceleration vector indicating the acceleration of the movement when the trainee makes a batting form. Thus, the pointing posture image specifying unit 10
8 can automatically identify the trainee's indicated posture image based on the position and the movement vector of the trainee's body movable part.

The player image database 132
Stores a reference posture image serving as a sample for the trainee's indicated posture image in advance. Therefore, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 can specify the pointing posture image by searching the training image for a frame representing a posture similar to the reference posture image.

The pointing posture image specifying unit 108 stores the specified pointing posture image in the trainee database 134 in association with the trainee identification information.
The pointing posture image specifying unit 108 causes the display unit 120 to display the specified pointing posture image.

The display unit 120 displays the received training image and the advice image to be provided to the trainee. The input unit 122 receives an input from the trainer.

The trainee database 134 uses, as a past exercise image, an image representing exercise including at least the indicated posture image among the training images received by the receiving unit 102 in association with trainer identification information for identifying a trainer of the training image. Store. The past exercise image may be a training image, may be an image of a part of the training image, or may be an image in which only a part representing the arm is extracted from the training image, for example. . Comment database 136
Stores a plurality of comments about the reference posture in association with each of the plurality of reference posture images.

The advice image creation unit 112 is provided with the input unit 1
Extracting a reference motion image and a reference posture image from the player image database 132 based on the input from
Further, a comment is extracted from the comment database 136. The advice image creating unit 112 creates an advice image in which the indicated posture specified by the indicated posture specifying unit and the reference posture corresponding thereto are embedded. The advice image creating unit 112 further embeds a comment suitable for the pointed posture image in the advice image. Advice image creation unit 1
12 transmits the created advice image to the trainee terminal device 20. When the advice image creating unit 112 creates the advice image, the advice image creating unit 112
The information on the advice image is stored as a past motion image in 34.

FIG. 3 shows a data structure of the player table 130. The player table 130 has a player name field, a physical information field, a destination field, and a level field. The player name field stores player identification information for identifying a player. The information for identifying a player in the present embodiment is the name of the player.

The physical information field stores a physical section indicating the section to which the trainee's physical information belongs. here,
The body division is determined based on the trainee's physical information, ie, gender, age, height, and weight. For example, a male trainee with a height of 170 cm or more and a weight of 70 kg or more belongs to body category 1, and also has a height of 160 cm
Trainees 170 cm and weighing 50-60 kg may be classified in body category 2. As described above, the player table 130 classifies the physical information into a plurality of physical sections and associates the physical information with the player names.

The purpose field stores purpose information indicating the purpose of the trainee training, such as aspirations for a professional, physical fitness maintenance, and weight loss. The level field stores level information indicating the level of exercise of the trainee.
The level information may be, for example, years of experience. For example, a level may be set such that three or more years of experience correspond to level 10, two to three years of experience correspond to level 9, and less than three months of experience correspond to level 1.

For example, in this figure, player A is associated with trainee information of body division 1, aspiring professional, and level 10. Therefore, the receiving unit 102
Receives the training image of the trainee corresponding to the trainee information,
8 can specify the indicated posture image using the reference posture image of the player A.

As described above, the player table 130
Associates players with trainee physical information, training objectives, and levels. Therefore, by using the player table 130, the player determining unit 104 can determine a player suitable for the trainee based on the physical information, the purpose, and the level included in the trainee information received by the receiving unit 102. .

As another example, the player table 13
0 may associate a sport type with a player. Thereby, the player determination unit 104 can determine a player suitable for each of the plurality of sports.

FIG. 4 shows the player image database 13.
2 shows the data configuration of the second embodiment. Player image database 1
32, a plurality of reference posture images representing different reference postures,
Store for each player. The player image database 132 has a player name field, a reference motion image field, a start image field, an end image field, and a reference posture image field.

The player name field stores information for identifying a player. The player identification information may be, for example, the name of the player. The motion image field stores a reference motion image which is a moving image representing a reference motion to be a sample, that is, a motion including the reference posture corresponding to the indicated posture. The exercise start image field stores a reference posture image representing an exercise start frame in the reference exercise image. The exercise end image field stores a reference posture image representing an end frame of the player in the reference exercise image. The reference posture image 1 field and the reference posture image 2 field in the drawing respectively store reference posture images, which are frames representing different reference postures among the movements of the players in the reference movement image. That is, the reference posture image 1 field and the reference posture image 2 field store reference posture images representing different reference postures included in the same reference motion image in association with each other.

As described above, the player image database 132 stores information on the reference movement of each player in association with the player name. Therefore, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 determines that the player image database 132
, Information on the reference motion of the player determined by the player determining unit 104 can be extracted.

As described above, the reference motion image and the reference posture image are associated with the trainee information, that is, the physical information, the purpose information, and the level information by the player table 130 and the player image database 132. Therefore, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 determines, in the player table 130 and the player image database 132, an image similar to one reference posture image associated with the trainee information received by the receiving unit 102, among the plurality of reference posture images. Can be specified as the indicated posture image. Therefore, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 can specify the pointing posture image of the player most suitable for the trainee using the reference posture image of the player.

In the present embodiment, the reference posture image and the reference movement image corresponding to the reference posture image are stored in the player table 130 via the player corresponding to the level information stored in the player table 130. , Purpose information, and physical information. That is, in the present embodiment, the “level table”, “physical information table”, and “objective table” described in the claims are realized by the player table 130 and the player image database 132 in the present embodiment. Have been.

FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the trainee database 134. Trainee database 134
It has a table for each user. Each table has a reception date field, a past motion image field, a reference motion image field, a pointing posture image field, a reference posture image field, and a comment field. The reception date field stores the date and time when the past exercise image was received. The past motion image field stores a past motion image. The reference motion image field stores the reference motion image used when creating the advice image from the past motion image. The pointing posture image field stores the pointing posture image specified from the past motion image. The reference posture image field stores a reference posture image corresponding to the indicated posture image. The comment field stores a comment for the corresponding indicated posture image.

Thus, the trainee database 134
Accumulates the training images received from each trainee as past exercise images in association with the trainee identification information. Therefore, it is possible to compare the past own motion image and the current trainee motion image.

FIG. 6 shows the data structure of the comment database 136. The comment database 136 has a reference posture image field and a comment field.
The reference posture image field stores a reference posture image.
The comment field stores a plurality of comments on the reference posture image. The comment database 136 stores contents to be commented on these reference posture images in association with each of the plurality of reference posture images.

Therefore, the advice image creation unit 112
A plurality of comments stored in the comment database 136 in association with the reference posture image can be extracted based on the reference posture image used when the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 specifies the pointing posture image. That is, when the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 specifies a pointing posture image similar to the reference posture image, the advice image creating unit 112 can automatically extract a comment corresponding to the pointing posture image.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the trainer support device 100. The receiving unit 102 receives the training image and the trainee information of the trainee from the terminal device 20 via the Internet 10 (S
100). Next, the player determining unit 104 determines that the receiving unit 1
02 receives trainee information. Using the player table 130, the player determination unit 104 determines a player corresponding to the trainee information, that is, a player to be a sample of the trainer (S102). Next, the detecting unit 106 and the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 specify the pointing posture image from the training image based on the determined reference posture and reference movement of the player (S
104). Next, based on an instruction from the trainer, the advice image creating unit 112 creates an advice image in which a pointing posture image, a reference posture image corresponding to the pointing posture image, and a comment for the pointing posture image are embedded. The advice image creating unit 112 transmits the advice image to the terminal device 20 via the Internet 10 (S1)
06). Thus, the operation of the trainer support device 100 ends.

As described above, the trainer support device 10
When 0 receives the training image and the trainee information, it can automatically extract the indicated posture image and create an advice image based on the received trainee information.

FIG. 8 shows the trainer support device 100 in the pointing posture image specifying step (S104) in FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the embodiment. Detection unit 10
6 receives the training image from the receiving unit 102,
An exercise start frame and an exercise end frame are detected from the training image (S200). Next, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 detects a timing at which the exercise start frame and the exercise end frame detected by the detection unit 106 are reproduced (S202). Next, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108
Extracts, from the player database 132, the reference posture image of the player determined by the player determination unit 104, that is, the player who is a sample of the trainer (S
204).

Next, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 detects a posture similar to the extracted reference posture image, and specifies the posture detected from the training image as the pointing posture image (S206). The pointing posture image specifying unit 108 searches for the pointing posture image up to the exercise end frame in the training image, and when reaching the exercise end frame (S208), S1.
Proceed to 06.

FIG. 9 shows a screen displayed on the display unit 120 in the advice image providing step (S106) in FIG. FIG. 9A shows a display unit 120 that displays a plurality of pointing posture images specified from the training images received by the receiving unit 102. Trainer, input unit 1
Through 22, a desired pointing posture image is selected from the plurality of pointing posture images displayed on the display unit 120. FIG. 9 (B)
Shows a screen displayed on the display unit 120 when the trainer selects one pointed posture image. The display unit 120
The selected pointing posture image, the reference posture image corresponding to the pointing posture image, and a plurality of comments stored in the comment database 136 in association with the selected pointing posture image are displayed. The trainer, through the input unit 122, among the plurality of comments displayed on the display unit 120,
You can select the appropriate comment for your trainee.

FIG. 9C shows a display section 120 for displaying an advice image to be provided to the trainee. Thus, when the trainer selects the indicated posture image and the comment, the advice image provided to the trainer is completed.
The trainer support device 1 at this time will be described with reference to FIG.
00 will be described in detail.

FIG. 10 shows the trainer support device 100 in the advice image providing step (S106) of FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the embodiment. Display 12
0 indicates a plurality of pointing posture images specified by the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 to the trainer (S3).
00). At this time, the screen of FIG. 9A is displayed on the trainer. Next, the input unit 122 receives a selection instruction from the trainer indicating that a pointing posture image is to be selected from the plurality of pointing posture images displayed by the display unit 120 (S30).
2). Next, the advice image creation unit 112
A selection instruction is received from 22. Advice image creation unit 1
12 extracts a reference posture image corresponding to the pointing posture image indicated by the selection instruction from the player image database 132, and further extracts a plurality of comments corresponding to the reference posture image from the comment database 136 (S304).

Next, the advice image creating unit 112 displays the selected pointing posture image, the extracted reference posture image, and a plurality of comments on the display unit 120 (S30).
6). Next, the input unit 122 inputs a comment selection instruction for selecting a predetermined comment from the plurality of comments displayed on the display unit 120 from the trainer (S308). The comment selection instruction indicates that one comment or two or more comments are to be selected. Advice image creation unit 112
Receives a comment selection instruction from the input unit 122,
The selected comment is embedded in the advice image and displayed on the display unit 120. Further, a comment is input from the trainer via the input unit 122, and the input comment is embedded in the advice image (S310). As described above, the trainer can automatically create the advice image simply by checking the content displayed on the display unit 120 and performing a predetermined selection.

When a moving image including a pointed posture image, that is, a training image is provided as the advice image (S
312), the advice image creating unit 112 matches the timing of the exercise of the trainee shown in the training image and the timing of starting the exercise of the player shown in the reference exercise image (S314). Next, the advice image creation unit 112
The reproduction speed of one of the training image and the reference exercise image is changed so that the timing of the exercise of the trainer and the timing of the exercise of the player match (S316). Thus, the advice image is completed. As described above, since the advice image in which the moving image is embedded can be created, the moving image can be displayed and a point to be corrected can be pointed out.

Next, the advice image creating unit 112 transmits the completed advice image to the terminal device 20 via the Internet 10 (318). When a still image is provided as an advice image, the process jumps from S312 to S318. The above is the advice image providing stage (S10
The detailed operation of the trainer support device 100 in 6) ends. At this time, the advice image creation unit 112
Stores the information used when creating the advice image in the trainee database 134.

Further, the comment input by the trainer may be stored in the comment database 136 in association with the corresponding reference posture image. As a result, the comment is further accumulated, so that the trainer can save the trouble of inputting the same comment again.

As another example, the advice image creation unit 1
12, the advice image may include only a portion of the training image that represents the action including the indicated posture image.
As another example, the advice image creation unit 112
An image that displays only a part of the trainer's body that should be pointed out to the trainer may be included in the advice image.

As still another example, the reproduction speed of the training image and the reference motion image may be changed so that the moving image included in the advice image is reproduced in slow motion. Thus, the trainer can accurately grasp the point pointed out.

FIG. 11 shows a trainer support device 100.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the embodiment. The trainer support device 100 includes a CPU 700, a ROM 702,
AM 704, communication interface 706, hard disk drive 708, database interface 710, floppy disk drive 712, CD
A ROM drive 714; The CPU 700
It operates based on programs stored in the ROM 702 and the RAM 704. The communication interface 706 communicates with the outside via the Internet 10. The database interface 710 writes data to the database and updates the contents of the database. A hard disk drive 708 as an example of a storage device stores setting information and a program for operating the CPU 700.

The floppy disk drive 712 reads data or a program from the floppy disk (trademark) 720 and provides it to the CPU 700. CD-ROM
The drive 714 reads data or a program from the CD-ROM 722 and provides it to the CPU 700. The communication interface 706 transmits and receives data by connecting to the Internet 10. Database interface 71
0 transmits and receives data by connecting to various databases 724.

The software executed by the CPU 700 is as follows:
It is stored in a recording medium such as the floppy disk 720 or the CD-ROM 722 and provided to the user. The software stored on the recording medium may be compressed or uncompressed. The software is installed in the hard disk drive 708 from the recording medium, and is stored in the RAM 704
And executed by the CPU 700.

The software stored on the recording medium and provided, that is, the software installed on the hard disk drive 708 has, as functional components, a receiving module, a player determination module, a detection module, a pointing posture image specifying module, An advice image creation module. The processing performed by the modules by the computer and performed by the CPU 700 is the same as the function and operation of the corresponding members in the trainer support device 100 of the present embodiment.
Description is omitted.

A part or all of the operation of the trainer support device 100 in all the embodiments described in the present application is stored in the floppy disk 720 or the CD-ROM 722 as an example of the recording medium shown in FIG. can do.

These programs are directly stored in R
The program may be read and executed by the AM, or may be read and executed by the RAM after being once installed in the hard disk drive. Further, the program may be stored on a single recording medium or on a plurality of recording media. Also, it may be stored in an encoded form.

As a recording medium, a floppy disk,
In addition to CD-ROM, optical recording media such as DVD, MD
, A magneto-optical recording medium such as a PD, a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, and a semiconductor memory such as an IC card or a miniature card. Alternatively, a storage device such as a hard disk or a RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet may be used as a recording medium, and the program may be provided to the trainer support device 100 via the communication network.
Such a recording medium is stored in the trainer support device 100.
It is obvious that such production and sale of such a recording medium constitutes infringement of a patent right based on the present application.

Next, a trainer support device 100 according to the second embodiment will be described. The pointing posture image specifying step (S1) according to the first embodiment described with reference to FIG.
04), the display unit 120 of the trainer support device 100 in the present embodiment displays a training image to the trainer. In this regard, the pointing posture image specifying unit 1
08 is different from the trainer support device 100 of the first embodiment in which the specified pointing posture image is presented to the trainer.
In the present embodiment, the trainer
When a comment is entered via the, the pointing posture image specifying unit 1
08 extracts a reference posture image stored in the comment database 136 in association with the input comment and a comment similar to the input comment,
A posture similar to this is retrieved from the training image.
As described above, the trainer support device 100 according to the present embodiment can specify the indicated posture image based on the input comment. With reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, the pointing posture image specifying step (S
The detailed operation of the trainer support device 100 in 104) will be described.

FIG. 12 shows a display unit 120 for displaying a training image. The screen displayed on the display unit 120 is provided with a comment field for inputting a comment. When a comment is input to the comment field from the trainer, the indicated posture image is specified based on the input comment.

FIG. 13 shows a pointing posture image specifying step S104 of the trainer support device 100 in the second embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation in. The detection unit 106 detects the exercise start frame and the exercise end frame of the trainee's exercise from the training images received from the reception unit 102 (S400). Next, the display unit 120 reproduces the retrieved exercise start frame to the exercise end frame and displays them on the trainer (S40).
2). As another example, the training image may be played back in slow motion.

The trainer comments on the predetermined posture during exercise represented in the reproduced training image,
This is entered in the comment field displayed on the display unit 120. At this time, the input unit 122 inputs the comment entered in the comment field (S404). The pointing posture image specifying unit 108 receives a comment from the input unit 122. The pointing posture image specifying unit 108 extracts the reference posture image associated with the comment received from the input unit 122 from the player image database 132 in the comment database 136 (S406). As described above, since the comment database 136 stores the reference posture image and the comment on the pointing posture image corresponding to the reference posture image in association with each other, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 determines whether the comment is input. Then, the reference posture image corresponding to the pointing posture image to which the input comment should be made can be extracted.

As another example, a plurality of comments may be displayed instead of the comment field. in this case,
When the trainer selects a desired comment from the displayed comments, the indicated posture image specifying unit 108 associates the reference posture image associated with the selected comment in the comment database 136 with the player image. Extract from database.

Next, the pointed posture image specifying unit 108 searches for a posture similar to the extracted reference posture image during the period from the start to the end of the exercise represented in the training image, and an image representing the searched posture. The frame is specified as the pointing posture image (S408).

As described above, the trainer support device 100 according to the present embodiment can specify the pointed posture image based on the comment input from the trainer.

The other configurations and operations of the trainer support device 100 according to the second embodiment are shown in FIGS.
1 is the same as the configuration and operation of the trainer support device 100 in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG.

Although the present invention has been described using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It should be noted that such modified or improved embodiments may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
It is clear from the description of the claims.

As a first modified example, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 of the present embodiment specifies the pointing posture image based on the reference posture image of the player determined based on the trainee information. Instead, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 may specify the pointing posture image based on the reference motion image. In this case, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 specifies the pointing posture image based on the timing at which the trainee's exercise represented in the training image starts to differ from the player's reference movement represented in the reference movement image. By matching the timing of the start and end of the exercise represented in the training image and the reference exercise image,
When the training image and the reference exercise image are simultaneously displayed, the posture of the trainer at the timing when the exercise starts to be different is often the posture to be pointed out to the trainer, that is, the pointed posture. Therefore, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 detects the timing at which the exercises in the training image and the reference motion image start to differ, and specifies an image corresponding to this timing as the pointing posture image. Thus, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 can automatically specify the pointing posture.

As a second modified example, in the advice image of the present embodiment, the indicated posture image specified from the training image and the reference posture of the sample player are displayed in association with each other. In the advice image,
The pointing posture image and the pointing posture image corresponding to the trainee's past motion image may be embedded. In this case, the advice image creating unit 112 extracts the pointed posture image of the trainee's past exercise image associated with the trainee identification information of the trainee in the training image in the received training image and the trainee database 134.
Further, the training image and the past exercise image of the same trainer may be embedded in the advice image. As a result, the trainer and the trainee can know the degree of progress through training, the cause of the slump, and the like.

As a third modification, the reference posture image according to the present embodiment is an image representing the posture of the player corresponding to the pointed posture image, but is instead displayed in the pointed posture image. An image representing the start movement when starting the reference movement including the posture may be used as the reference posture image. Thus, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 can extract the frame at the start position where the pointing posture is started from the training image.

As a fourth modification, in the present embodiment, a sample player is determined based on the trainee information of the trainee received by the receiving unit 102, but instead, the trainer represented by the received training image is used. A player whose form is similar to the movement of the player may be selected, and the pointing position may be determined based on the selected player. In this case, the basic posture image database 132 stores a plurality of reference posture images for the same reference posture, and stores the pointing posture image specifying unit 108.
Specifies an image similar to the reference posture image among the plurality of reference posture images stored in the basic posture image database 132 among the received training images as the pointing posture image.

As a fifth modification, in the present embodiment, the player image database 132 stores an exercise start image, an exercise end image, and a reference posture image. Instead of this, the frame that starts each exercise,
Frame identification information for identifying a frame for ending the exercise and a frame representing the reference posture may be stored. Since the player image database 132 stores the reference motion image, if the frame identification information of the frame to start the motion is stored in this way, the frame is specified based on the frame identification information in the reference motion image. By doing so, an exercise start image can be created. Also,
In this example, since the frame identification information is stored instead of storing the image in addition to the reference motion image, the memory can be used efficiently. Similarly, instead of storing the pointed posture image and the reference posture image, the trainee database 134 stores frame identification information for identifying a frame representing the pointed posture in the training image and a frame representing the reference posture during the reference exercise, respectively. The frame identification information for identification may be stored.

As a sixth modification, in the present embodiment, the comment database 136 stores a plurality of comments in association with one reference posture image. Instead, the comment database 136 may store one or more comments in association with a plurality of reference posture images. In this case, when the pointing posture image corresponding to the plurality of reference posture images is selected from the trainer, the advice image creating unit 112 displays comments corresponding to the selected plurality of pointing posture images.

As a seventh modification, in the present embodiment, the comment database 136 stores comments in association with the reference posture image. Instead,
The comment database 136 may store a comment in association with the reference motion image. As a result, the trainee's movement, that is, a comment on the movement can be included in the advice image.

As an eighth modification, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108 may specify the pointing posture of the trainee based on the position of the movable part of the trainee's body represented in the training image. That is, the pointing posture image specifying unit 108
The position of the player's arm shown in the reference posture image and the position of the trainee's arm shown in the training image are compared, and a frame in which the position of the player's arm and the position of the trainee's arm are closest is detected from the training image. ,
The detected frame is specified as the indicated posture image.

As a ninth modification, in the present embodiment, the player determining unit 104 determines a player who is a trainee sample based on the trainee information. You may decide.

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As apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to support a trainer who trains an exercise trainee via the Internet.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a trainer support system including a trainer support device 100. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the trainer support device 100.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a player table 130.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a player image database 132.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a trainee database 134.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a comment database 136.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the trainer support device 100.

FIG. 8 shows a pointing posture image specifying step (S10) in FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the trainer support apparatus 100 in 4).

9 is a step of providing an advice image in FIG. 7 (S10);
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an image displayed on the display unit 120 in 6).

FIG. 10 shows an advice image providing step (S1) in FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the trainer support apparatus 100 in 06).

11 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the trainer support device 100. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display unit 120 that displays a training image.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the trainer support device 100 according to the second embodiment in a pointed posture image specifying step (S104).

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[Claims] 1. A support system for supporting an exercise trainer, comprising: a receiving unit that receives a training image representing the exercise of a trainee; and a pointing position of the trainee to be indicated to the trainee from the received training image. A trainer support system comprising: a pointing position specifying unit that specifies a pointing position image to be displayed; and a display unit that displays the specified pointing position image on the trainer. 2. The trainer support system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays, on the trainer, the pointing posture image and a comment field in which a comment for the pointing posture is to be input. 3. The trainer support system according to claim 1, wherein the pointing posture specifying unit specifies the pointing posture image of the trainee based on a position of a movable part of the trainee's body. 4. The training image is a moving image, and the pointing posture specifying unit specifies the pointing posture image of the trainee from the training image based on a movement vector of a movable part of the trainee's body. The trainer support system according to claim 1, wherein: 5. A reference posture image database for storing a reference posture image representing a reference posture serving as a reference of the pointing posture, wherein the pointing posture identification unit is stored in the reference posture image database of the training images. The trainer support system according to claim 3, wherein an image similar to the reference posture image is specified as the pointing posture image. 6. The trainer support system according to claim 5, wherein the reference posture is a starting posture when starting a reference exercise including a pointing posture to be pointed to the trainee. 7. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect a start and an end of the exercise of the trainee represented in the training image among the training images received by the receiving unit. The trainer support system according to claim 1, wherein the pointing posture image is specified from an image from the start to the end of the exercise. 8. The training apparatus further comprising: a detecting unit that detects start and end of the exercise of the trainee represented in the training image among the training images received by the receiving unit, wherein the display unit starts the exercise. The trainer support system according to claim 4, wherein information from the end to the end is displayed on the trainer. 9. When the indicated posture specifying unit specifies the indicated posture image, the display unit reproduces the training image after the start of the exercise and displays the training image on the trainer. The trainer support system according to claim 7, wherein 10. When the pointing posture specifying unit specifies the pointing posture image, the display unit performs slow reproduction after the start of the exercise in the training image,
The trainer support system according to claim 9, wherein the information is displayed on the trainer. 11. The reference posture image database stores a plurality of reference posture images representing different reference postures, and a level table that associates each of the plurality of reference posture images with level information indicating a level of the trainee. The receiving unit further receives the level information of the trainee, The pointing posture specifying unit, in the level table,
The trainer according to claim 5, wherein an image similar to one reference posture image associated with the received level information is specified as the pointing posture image among the plurality of reference posture images. Support system. 12. The trainer support system according to claim 5, wherein the reference posture image stored in the reference posture image database is an image representing a posture of a skilled person. 13. A physical information table for associating each of the reference posture images of a plurality of persons with physical information representing at least one of age, height, and weight, wherein the receiving unit includes the trainee. Further receiving physical information, the pointing posture specifying unit, among the training images,
In the physical information table, an image similar to the reference posture image associated with the received physical information,
The trainer support system according to claim 5, wherein the trainee support system specifies the pointing posture image. 14. The reference posture image database stores a plurality of reference posture images corresponding to the same reference posture, and the pointing posture identification unit includes:
The trainer support system according to claim 5, wherein an image similar to one reference posture image among a plurality of reference posture images stored in the reference posture image database is specified as the pointing posture image. 15. A target table for associating the reference posture image with target information indicating a training purpose of a trainee who should point out the reference posture indicated in the reference posture image, wherein the receiving unit includes: The target information is further received, and the pointing posture specifying unit, among the training images,
6. The target table, wherein an image similar to the reference posture image associated with the received target information is specified as the pointing posture image.
Trainer support system as described in. 16. The reference posture image database further stores a reference movement image representing a reference movement including a pointing posture to be pointed out to the trainee, and the movement represented in the training image received by the receiving unit. A detection unit that detects the start and end of the movement, and the start and end timings of the detected movement and the start and end timings of the reference movement represented in the reference movement image stored in the reference posture image database Based on, change the playback speed of at least one of the reference motion image and the training image,
An advice image creating unit that creates an advice image that simultaneously displays the reference exercise image and the training image on the trainee from the start of the exercise represented in the reference exercise image and the training image, respectively. The trainer support system according to claim 5, wherein 17. A trainee database that stores at least a motion image including the indicated posture as a past motion image among the training images received by the reception unit in association with trainee identification information for identifying the trainee; A detecting unit that detects the start and end of the exercise represented in the training image received by the unit; and a timing of the detected start and end of the exercise and represented in the past exercise image stored in the trainee database. Based on the timing of the start and end of the exercise, the playback speed of at least one of the past exercise image and the training image is changed, and from the start of the exercise represented by the past exercise image and the training image, Past exercise image and the training image simultaneously Trainer support system according to claim 5, further comprising an advice image creation unit that creates an advice image displayed on Raney. 18. The reference posture image database further stores a reference movement image representing a reference movement including a pointing posture to be pointed out to the trainee, wherein the pointing image specifying unit receives the training image received by the receiving unit. The pointing posture image is specified based on the timing at which the movement represented by (1) and the reference movement represented by the reference movement image stored in the reference posture image database start to differ. 5. The trainer support system according to 5. 19. A comment database for storing a plurality of comments on the reference posture in association with each of the plurality of reference posture images, wherein the pointing posture specifying unit specifies the pointing posture image,
The display unit displays a plurality of comments stored in the comment database in association with the indicated posture image, and when one of the displayed plurality of comments is selected, the selected comment and The trainer support system according to claim 5, further comprising an advice image creation unit that creates an advice image to be displayed on the trainee by associating the advice image with the pointing posture image. 20. A comment database for storing a comment about the reference posture in association with the reference posture image, and a comment input unit for inputting a trainer comment from the trainer, wherein the comment input unit includes the trainer. When a comment is input, the pointing posture specifying unit specifies, as the pointing posture image, an image similar to the reference posture image stored in the comment database in association with the same comment as the trainer comment. The trainer support system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein 21. A support method for supporting an exercise trainer, comprising: a receiving step of receiving a training image representing a trainee's exercise; and a pointing position of the trainee to be indicated to the trainee from the received training image. A trainer support method comprising: a pointing posture specifying step of specifying a pointing posture image to be displayed; and a displaying step of displaying the specified pointing posture image on the trainer. 22. A computer program for supporting an exercise trainer, comprising: a receiving module for receiving a training image representing the exercise of a trainee; and a pointing posture of the trainee to be indicated to the trainee from the received training image. A program comprising: a pointing posture specifying module that specifies a pointing posture image indicating the following; and a display module that displays the specified pointing posture image on the trainer.